Taking the senior care ancillary route: Proceed, but with caution
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Kimberly Marselas
Feb 28, 2022
Diversification is an increasingly important business tactic for many senior care operators, but those in skilled nursing need to ensure they view add-on services through the appropriate lens.
Extended survey delays threaten providers
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Kimberly Marselas
Feb 25, 2022
When a major government watchdog blasted the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services in January for a lack of timely survey activity, it detailed extensively what providers on the ground were experiencing...
Barbara Revelette named Signature HealthCARE chief nursing officer
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Kimberly Marselas
Feb 24, 2022
Signature HealthCARE has hired Barbara Revelette, RN, MSN, as its new chief nursing officer as of Feb. 15. Revelette has more than 25 years experience in clinical and operational leadership positions...
These 10 steps needed to save skilled nursing, experts say
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Kimberly Marselas
Feb 24, 2022
An ambitious, 10-pronged reform package that includes cash infusions and regulatory fixes is needed to head off another COVID-scale tragedy in long-term care, according to two leading healthcare researchers.
Khoi Luong appointed SVP of post-acute care for NYC Health + Hospitals
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Kimberly Marselas
Feb 23, 2022
NYC Health + Hospitals has appointed Khoi Luong, DO, senior vice president of post-acute care for the public health system, the nation’s largest.
Foreign nurses in long-term care: Sure thing or fleeting promise?
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Kimberly Marselas
Feb 22, 2022
Bad news for thousands of would-be immigrants over the last two years could be great news for labor-strapped nursing homes. But will providers be able to keep the pipeline of foreign nurses flowing?
The new LTC superheroes: non-retirees
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Kimberly Marselas
Feb 16, 2022
My middle child, not yet old enough for middle school, recently asked me when I planned to retire. Me of no gray hair, of the too-small 401K, of exciting career accomplishments yet to be achieved! For...
Susan Wallace named next president/CEO of LeadingAge Ohio
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Kimberly Marselas
Feb 15, 2022
LeadingAge Ohio announced Susan Wallace as the organization’s next president and CEO.
CMS warns states: Survey fully or suffer consequences
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Kimberly Marselas
Feb 10, 2022
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services Wednesday sternly warned state survey agencies they must enforce all aspects of the federal program’s health and safety requirements by long-standing agreement.
Phoebe Ministries promotes Robert Richards, Thomas Baer to new leadership roles
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Kimberly Marselas
Feb 09, 2022
Allentown, PA-based Phoebe Ministries has appointed Robert Richards, CPA to executive vice president and chief operating officer, while Thomas Baer, CPA, was appointed senior vice president of finance...